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Cover Feature: Gold‐Doping of Double‐Crown Pd Nanoclusters (Chem. Eur. J. 72/2017)
Author(s) -
Chen Jishi,
Liu Liren,
Liu Xu,
Liao Lingwen,
Zhuang Shengli,
Zhou Shiming,
Yang Jinlong,
Wu Zhikun
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
chemistry – a european journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.687
H-Index - 242
eISSN - 1521-3765
pISSN - 0947-6539
DOI - 10.1002/chem.201705074
Subject(s) - nanoclusters , doping , chirality (physics) , bimetal , crystallography , atom (system on chip) , crown (dentistry) , enantiomer , materials science , chemistry , stereochemistry , physics , nanotechnology , optoelectronics , quantum mechanics , computer science , composite material , chiral symmetry breaking , quark , nambu–jona lasinio model , embedded system
Double‐crown Pd 4 (PET) 8 and Pd 5 (PET) 10 were successfully doped with gold through two Au atoms replacing one Pd atom, with the other double‐crown structure essentially unchanged. The as‐obtained Au 4 Pd 2 (PET) 8 is the smallest chiral bimetal nanocluster so far, and it bears chirality originating from not only the helixed Au 4 Pd 2 S 8 framework, but also unanimous R or S configuration of sulfur atoms in the enantiomer. Theoretical calculations provide interpretation for some doping‐induced properties. More information can be found in the Full Paper by S. Zhou, J. Yang, Z. Wu et al. on page 18187.